Course Team Events#

This section lists events that are generated by interactions on the instructor dashboard. Users who have the Admin or Staff role can select Instructor in the LMS to access the instructor dashboard.

For a list of events generated by learner interactions in the LMS other than on the instructor dashboard, see Student Events. For a complete, alphabetical list of events, see the Alphabetical Tracking Log Event List.

The descriptions that follow include what each event represents, the system component it originates from, the history of any changes made to the event over time, and member fields in addition to the common context or event fields.

Cohort Events (Course Team)#

In addition to the cohort events that are generated when cohorts are created and users are assigned to them (see Cohort Events (Student)), actions by course team members also generate cohort-related events.

edx.cohort.creation_requested#

When a course team member manually creates a cohort on the Cohorts page of the instructor dashboard, the server emits an edx.cohort.creation_requested event.

Event Source: Server

History: Added 7 Oct 2014.

event Member Fields:

Field

Type

Details

cohort_id

number

The numeric ID of the cohort.

cohort_name

string

The display name of the cohort.

edx.cohort.user_add_requested#

When a course team member adds a student to a cohort on the Cohorts page of the instructor dashboard, the server emits an edx.cohort.user_add_requested event. Course team members can add students to a cohort individually, or by uploading a .csv file of student cohort assignments.

Event Source: Server

History: Added 7 Oct 2014.

event Member Fields:

Field

Type

Details

cohort_id

number

The numeric ID of the cohort.

cohort_name

string

The display name of the cohort.

previous_cohort_id

number

The numeric ID of the cohort that the user was previously assigned to.

Null if the user was not previously assigned to a cohort.

previous_cohort_name

string

The display name of the cohort that the user was previously assigned to.

Null if the user was not previously assigned to a cohort.

user_id

number

The numeric ID (from auth_user.id) of the added user.

Course Reporting Events#

Events are emitted when course team members request reports of various types from the instructor dashboard in the LMS. The following reporting events contain fields in addition to the common fields, unless it is otherwise indicated.

edx.instructor.report.downloaded#

The browser emits an edx.instructor.report.downloaded event when the user selects a report link on the instructor dashboard to download a report.

History: Added 8 May 2015.

Component: Instructor Dashboard

Event Source: Browser

event Member Fields:

Field

Type

Details

report_url

string

The URL to the report file.

edx.instructor.report.requested#

The server emits an edx.instructor.report.requested event when the user clicks to request the generation of a report on the instructor dashboard.

History: Added 8 May 2015.

Component: Instructor Dashboard

Event Source: Server

event Member Fields:

Field

Type

Details

report_type

string

The type of report that was requested.

Discussion Role List Events#

Discussion role list events are emitted when a course team member selects a specific discussion role on the Membership page of the instructor dashboard to view the list of users who currently have this role.

  • list-forum-admins

  • list-forum-community-TAs

  • list-forum-mods

Component: Instructor Dashboard

Event Source: Server

event Member Fields:

Field

Type

course

string

Discussion Role Management Events#

Discussion role management events are emitted when a course team member with Admin privileges adds a user to, or removes a user from, a particular discussion role in the Course Team Management section of the instructor dashboard Membership page.

  • add-forum-admin

  • add-forum-community-TA

  • add-forum-mod

  • remove-forum-admin

  • remove-forum-community-TA

  • remove-forum-mod

Component: Instructor Dashboard

Event Source: Server

event Member Fields:

Field

Type

course

string

Course Reporting Events Containing only Common Fields#

The following reporting events contain only fields that are common to all events. For more information about the common fields, see Common Fields.

  • dump-answer-dist-csv

  • dump-graded-assignments-config

  • dump-grades

  • dump-grades-csv

  • dump-grades-csv-raw

  • dump-grades-raw

  • list-beta-testers

  • list-instructors

  • list-staff

  • list-students

Event Source: Server

Instructor Enrollment Events#

In addition to the enrollment events that are generated when students enroll in or unenroll from a course, actions by course team members also generate enrollment events.

  • When a course author creates a course, his or her user account is enrolled in the course and the server emits an edx.course.enrollment.activated event.

  • When a user with the Admin or Staff role enrolls in a course, the server emits edx.course.enrollment.activated. The server emits edx.course.enrollment.deactivated events when these users unenroll from a course.

  • When a user with the Admin or Staff role uses the Batch Enrollment feature to enroll students or other course team members in a course, the server emits an edx.course.enrollment.activated event for each enrollment. When this feature is used to unenroll students from a course, the server emits a edx.course.enrollment.deactivated for each unenrollment.

    For events emitted as a result of a batch enrollment, the username and context.user_id identify the course team member who made the change, and the event.user_id identifies the student who was enrolled or unenrolled.

The student_courseaccessrole table lists all users who have a privileged role or roles in the course.

For details about student enrollment events, see Enrollment Events.

Timed and Proctored Exam Development and Administration Events#

Special exams are a type of course exam that includes timed exams, proctored exams, and practice proctored exams. These exam types offer more complicated functionality than other assignment types in graded subsections, and they emit additional events. Special exam events provide information about special exams included in courses and learners’ interactions with those special exams.

  • Proctored exams have a time limit and they require learners to install and run monitoring software while taking the exam. After a learner completes a proctored exam, a team of reviewers determines whether the learner complied with all of the exam rules based on records generated by the monitoring software.

  • Practice proctored exams allow learners to become familiar with the monitoring software that they will use during an actual proctored exam. The way that a learner experiences a practice proctored exam is identical to a proctored exam. In a practice proctored exam, the monitoring software does not send exam records to reviewers.

  • Timed exams have a time limit. Learners do not install or use monitoring software when they take a timed exam.

Practice proctored exams follow a workflow that is similar to proctored exams but do not include a review of the exam attempt. Timed exams also follow a similar workflow but do not include any proctoring software or review of the exam attempt.

The following diagram shows the workflow for a proctored exam.

A diagram showing the workflow for a proctored exam.

Some special exam events are emitted when learners interact with exams. For more information, see Timed Exam and Proctored Exam Events.

Because special exams include similar functions and behavior, they share some similar events. For example, the edx.special_exam.proctored.allowance.created, edx.special_exam.practice.allowance.created, and edx.special_exam.timed.allowance.created events include identical fields.

This section includes descriptions of the following events.

edx.special_exam.proctored.allowance.created, edx.special_exam.practice.allowance.created, and edx.special_exam.timed.allowance.created#

The server emits this event when a course team grants an exception to the standard exam rules for an individual learner.

History: Added 01 Dec 2015.

event Member Fields:

Field

Type

Details

allowance_key

string

The type of allowance granted.

allowance_user_id

number

The identifier of the learner who has been granted the allowance.

allowance_value

string

The specific details of the allowance granted.

exam_content_id

string

The primary identifier of the subsection that contains the exam.

exam_default_time_limit_mins

number

The standard amount of time, in minutes, that learners have to complete the exam.

exam_id

number

The primary identifier of the exam.

exam_is_active

Boolean

Indicates whether the special exam is currently available for learner attempts.

exam_is_practice_exam

Boolean

Indicates whether the special exam is a practice proctored exam.

exam_is_proctored

Boolean

Indicates whether the special exam is a proctored exam.

exam_name

string

The title of the exam in the course page, taken from the subsection title.

edx.special_exam.proctored.allowance.deleted, edx.special_exam.practice.allowance.deleted, and edx.special_exam.timed.allowance.deleted#

The server emits this event when a course team removes an exception to the standard exam rules that was previously granted to an individual learner.

The event fields for this event are the same as the event fields for the edx.special_exam.{special exam type}.allowance.created event. For more information, see edx.special_exam.proctored.allowance.created, edx.special_exam.practice.allowance.created, and edx.special_exam.timed.allowance.created.

History: Added 01 Dec 2015.

edx.special_exam.proctored.created, edx.special_exam.practice.created, and edx.special_exam.timed.created#

The server emits this event when a course team creates a proctored exam in Studio.

History: Added 01 Dec 2015.

event Member Fields:

Field

Type

Details

exam_content_id

string

The primary identifier of the subsection that contains the exam.

exam_default_time_limit_mins

number

The standard amount of time, in minutes, that learners have to complete the exam.

exam_id

number

The primary identifier of the exam.

exam_is_active

Boolean

Indicates whether the special exam is currently available for learner attempts.

exam_is_practice_exam

Boolean

Indicates whether the special exam is a practice proctored exam.

exam_is_proctored

Boolean

Indicates whether the special exam is a proctored exam.

exam_name

string

The title of the exam in the course page, taken from the subsection title.

edx.special_exam.proctored.updated, edx.special_exam.practice.updated, and edx.special_exam.timed.updated#

The server emits this event when a course team alters a proctored exam in Studio.

The event fields for this event are the same as the event fields for the edx.special_exam.{special exam type}.created event. For more information, see edx.special_exam.proctored.created, edx.special_exam.practice.created, and edx.special_exam.timed.created.

History: Added 01 Dec 2015.